Bale and package tie.



W'. P. WATKINS.

BALE AND PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.15,1908

Patented June 1, 1909.

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; W Kms, a'citizen ofthe-Unite'd States,-=residin thenv again around the tie post. 'Of courseet 7 lat Iowa City, in the' county'of Joli'nison' an I it is 'not'necessary that the cord pass so many State oiIowa, have invented ee'rtainnew and times arou d the tie post, as the opening j usefifl 'lmprovements' in Bale and Package formed between the tie post and the plate is f Ties, of which'the following is aspecification. made tapering and smaller at the inner end, Myinvention relates toan improvement in so that the cord as it passes-into t'he slot will 'bale' and package tiesfa'nd' the object is'to receivea binding or gripping action as it is lq-provide a fastening means for tyinghundles forced into the opening. So in reality, it is F .of letters, or any' otherarticle or articles. "It' only necessary to pass the cord around the has'beenfou'nd to be articularly adapted to binding post twice and-under the tie post I ffletters, as'lt'tersin t e ordinary manner of. once when thepackage will be securely tied. to I tying, havjepa tendency to creep or slipat' the This tying operation can ;be I done very iii-ends, andai'e not held firmly in place, and by quickly as the package can be grasped or fm improved device Iv have I rovided means held in the left hand, and with the thumb ,w erebyapackage or bund e of letters can pressing or holding the tie plate A on the f he -ti ed very quickly, andin'agreat dealless package, the; cord can be quickly passed 'fti nie than the ordinary manner. around the package until it is tied. Q20 The invention relates to certain. other, It is evident that more or less slight novel; features ofi construction" and -eombi-1 changes might beresorted to in theform and fnat'ionsofparts which willibe hereinafter tle-' arrangement of the several parts described -j 'scribed'an ,In the accompanying drawings-z-Figure of my invention, and hence I do not wish to '25 '1 isa to plan view. Fig. 2 is a'longitud'inal limit myself'to the exact'cor'istrnctien herein sectionaflview; Fig. 3 is'a perspective view set forth, hutz 7 1, lshowing the'invention applied to a package. Hav'ingfully described my invention, what I A, re resents a metal p ate of any suitable I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- I flmateria having abinding post 1 struck 'u 'ters Patent, is

his post is pre 361mm the center thereof. I 1 As an article of manufacture, a bale or i erably in an. upright position .and slightly package tie, comprising; a plate having'a slot curved back toward the body of the plate. formed therein and the metal cut from the pointed outin the claim.-

without departing from the spiritand scope '70 Atiepost Ziss'truckup from thecenter and plate to form the slot left integral with the bento'ver, leaving a small opening'or space plate' at its ends and divided at or near the o fibetweei the plate and post'for the reception center and. bent ,backwardly in opposite i i ofthe'dord 3, The Sl0t 4 formed in theplate directions whereby to for n two independent 'bythe bind ingpost' and tie post'being struck integral tie posts, one extending at an angle out of the-platm'is preferab p other words the width ofthe binding post '1 1S allel with the plate, adapted to have wound I '40 p referabl-y' smaller thanthe'width of the tie f-ther'e around the flexible device used in sefpo st. v curing the package." I

o'peningfi is formed in one end of the In testimony whereof I allix my signature e I plate'for the c0rd3 which passes over the in presence'of two witnesses. v "ends'and around the. envelop, and is clasped: WENDELL P. W ATKINS.

45 around the binding post '1, and then around Witnesses: j I I tlie'sids of the envelop, coming up on the J: C; .GLEYSTEEN,

" other side and passing again round the bind- FRANK F, Massnav tapering orin from the plate and the other extending par- 

